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Hironobu Sakaguchi is arguably the preeminent figure among JRPG developers. He is best known for creating the Final Fantasy series during the late 1980s but has worked on other excellent JRPGs since then such as the Xbox 360 exclusive Lost Odyssey.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the videogame industry would be at least slightly different without the contributions of one Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Games like Final Fantasy may have continued to spawn and evolve (and grow into the aimless genre they are today) without him, but the impact of Sakaguchi’s work on the industry as a whole can’t be discounted.
So when the 47 year-old game industry veteran of 23 years mentions that his current project may be his last one, it’s with a little gravity that one must receive such news.
Mistwalker Corporation, the videogame development company helmed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, is currently working on an RPG called The Last Story which is due to release on the Wii by the end of the year, but other than snippets of concept art and rumours whispered on the wind, we haven’t heard much about the game.
Recently though, the official teaser website and previews of the game in Japanese videogame magazines have together woven a more concrete image of The Last Story, with more specific gameplay details coming to light.
Seems like it’s a good day for new game announcements, as Nintendo has revealed that a new Wii game is currently in development by Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey studio, Mistwalker.
Entitled The Last Story, a new Nintendo-hosted website has been set up with an official logo and some classy music, but other than that, next to nothing is known about the title, but judging by Mistwalker’s previous titles and (studio head) Hironobu Sakaguchi’s contributions to the videogame industry, it’s probably safe to say that The Last Story is an RPG.
Look out for more information on The Last Story in the near future.
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